XXIII ESRA Eastern European Cadaver Workshop

Registration is open

XXIII ESRA Eastern European Cadaver Workshop

SCHEDULE:

• Friday, 23^rd October 2026 | 12:45 – 17:10 (Registration 12:00-12:45)
• Saturday, 24^th October 2026 | 8:30 – 17:00
• Sunday, 25^th October 2026 | 8:00 – 17:00

OPENING HOURS REGISTRATION:

• Friday, 23^rd October 2026 | 12:00 – 17:15
• Saturday, 24^th October 2026 | 8:15 – 17:15
• Sunday, 25^th October 2026 | 7:45 – 17:15

LANGUAGE: English 🇬🇧

WORKSHOP TICKETS: VERY LIMITED SPACE ONLY! Don’t arrange travel & accommodation before booking your workshop ticket and book your ticket early to avoid disappointment.

WORKSHOP VENUE

Semmelweis University
1st Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research
H-1085, Budapest, Üllői út 26

WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

Unique and intimate hands-on learning experience. Lectures, practical sessions and stimulating discussions will be led by leading experts in the field of Regional Anaesthesia.

This is a three-days intensive hands-on cadaver workshop is especially offered to Eastern European physicians to improve their skills in Regional Anaesthesia. After expert lectures the workshop is focused on hands-on practice using fresh frozen, fixed/standard cadavers and live models. Participants will acquire a sound knowledge of ultrasound imaging and needling techniques.

RESTRICTION

The reduced workshop fee is restricted to participants from:

• The Group of Eastern European States (EEG) – Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Lativia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and from low-income/lower middle-income countries.

You are not eligible but would like to attend? Please contact events@esraeurope.org 

ESRA FACULTY 🇪🇺

Workshop Chairs:

Paul Kessler 🇩🇪
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine
Orthopaedic University Hospital Friedrichsheim gGmbHD-60528 Frankfurt

Peter Merjavy 🇬🇧
EDRA Part 2 Vice Chair
Consultant Anaesthetist
Craigavon Area Hospital, Southern HSC Trust

• Can Aksu 🇹🇷
• Michele Carella 🇧🇪
• Nat Haslam 🇬🇧
• Matthias Herterlee 🇫🇷
• Ryan Howle 🇮🇪
• Ivan Kostadinov 🇸🇮
• Corey Kull 🇨🇭
• Michal Venglarcik 🇸🇰

LOCAL FACULTY 🇭🇺

• Attila Bondar
• Kristóf Batizi
• Fanni Lukács
• Gergely Rácz
• Szilárd Szűcs
• Zsolt Ungvári

This programme may be subject to amendment.

Registration is open

REGISTRATION FEES (RATES ARE IN EUR)***

Eastern European Countries:

• ESRA – member/ESRA – Trainee – 385 Euros*
• Non – member – 495 Euros*

Other European / non-European countries

• ESRA Trainee – 545 Euros**
• ESRA – member – 685 Euros**
• Non – member – 835 Euros** 

* This workshop fee is restricted to participants from:

• Group of Eastern European States (EEG) – Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Lativia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
• Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Türkiye, Turkmenistan
• From low-income/lower middle-income countries according to the world bank list 2026

** Registration fee for other European / non – European countries 

You are not eligible but would like to attend? Please contact events@esraeurope.org 

*** Coffee and lunch breaks are included in the registration fee. If you have any special dietary requirements or food allergies, please inform us in advance by emailing events@esraeurope.org .We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

PAYMENT METHODS

Payment of registration fees (in EUR) can be made as follows:

By Credit Card: Visa or MasterCard

By Bank Transfer (additional 30 EUR handling fee is required):

• Please ensure that the name of the Workshop and of the participant are stated on the bank transfer.
• Bank charges are the responsibility of the participant and should be paid at source in addition to the registration fees.

Please make drafts payable to:

ESRA
KBC Grimbergen
IBAN BE72 7340 2880 9716
BIC KREDBEBB

• Registration will only be valid upon receipt of the full payment by the registration department according to the deadline indicated. An email confirming registration will only be sent after receipt of the required fees.
• Unpaid registrations will be cancelled after 14 days or by September 28th, 2026; whichever is sooner.

Please be aware of our cancellation policy.

CANCELLATION POLICY

All cancellations must be electronically mailed to office@esraeurope.org
Refund of registration fee will be as follows, minus the applicable processing fees of the initial payment:

• Cancellations received until and including August 30th, 2026 – full refund
• Cancellations received between August 31st to September 27th, 2026 – 50% will be refunded
• As of September 28th, 2026 – no refund will be made

Please note that administration fees (30 EUR) for offline payments are non-refundable in the event of cancellation.

Address

Semmelweis University
1st Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research
H-1085, Budapest, Üllői út 26

The Anatomy department can be quite hard to find, as it is hidden within the University campus.
See plan and picture below:

Application in progress

The ESRA-DRA points for the XXIII Eastern European Cadaver Workshop are the following:

Total: 14.5 points
Hands-on Cadaver: 7 points
Hands-on Ultrasound 6 points
Other points: 1.5 points

These points will be shown on the Certificate of Attendance delivered upon completion of the feedback survey after the workshop.

For more information on ESRA – European Diploma of Regional Anaesthesia approved workshops, please visit the ESRA-DRA Part II page.

We would like to thank GE Healthcare for their support in helping us putting this event together.